Originally posted by nightzip:
By Tony Smith 28 Mar 2006 09:09
[b]Intel quad-core CPUs 'to ship Q1 2007'
Release brought forward the better to battle AMD?
Intel's quad-core processor, 'Kentsfield', may
come to market earlier than anticipated. Intel's official release
window spans the whole of 2007, but when the details of the chip
emerged late last year, it was said to be earmarked for a mid-2007
debut. Now, apparently, it's coming out in Q1 next
year.
So, at least, claim Taiwanese motherboard-maker sources cited by
DigiTimes. The motivation behind the decision to ship in the first
quarter appears to be that it will allow the chip giant to compete
more effectively with AMD's quadies, due in the same
timeframe.
Intel announced Kentsfield at its Developer Forum earlier this
month, but the name was first circulated in December 2005. At that
time, the part was said to sport 4MB of cache, but then it was also
said to be a dual-core chip, so that figure must be in doubt.
The latest report's sources also claim Intel's 'Averill' business
PC platform will ship in September alongside 'Conroe', the
company's first next-generation architecture-based desktop
processor. It's roadmapped for a Q3 introduction, but it had been
thought that the part would arrive sooner rather than later. Since
it's a 64-bit chip, Intel may well have felt it prudent to hold
back, the better to ship closer to the debut of the delayed Windows
Vista. ®
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i wonder if the total perfomance plus the GHZs can outmatch the
Xbox 360 thri-core 9.6GHZ processor anot 
